How to Use southern lights in a Sentence

southern lights

plural noun

• On Earth, this plays out as the northern and southern lights.
  — NBC News, 8 July 2021
• The same basic process produces the glow of neon signs and the northern and southern lights.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2018
• In the south, it is called the aurora australis, or southern lights.
  — Tariq Malik, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2014
• Most of us will never get to see the northern or southern lights in person.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 19 Feb. 2021
• Décor notes The building pulls in southern light from a two-story front atrium.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• But the more intriguing effect could be how the storm lights up the sky, as in northern lights and southern lights, depending on your hemisphere of choice.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Night-time pulsations on Earth tend to happen at higher latitudes and are linked to the northern and southern lights.
  — Robin George Andrews, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
• This happens at both poles: the northern lights or aurora borealis in the north, and the southern lights or aurora australis in the south.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Its name is Steve The northern and southern lights have dazzled sky watchers for millennia with their eerie, greenish glows.
  — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 16 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile watch this space for updates on how and where to look for resulting northern or southern lights in the sky as our star stays unsettled.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• Researchers quickly connected the slow-downs to the northern and southern lights, or auroras.
  — Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2019
• While the aurora borealis occurs in the north, the southern pole sees the aurora australis, or southern lights.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
• Earth’s northern and southern lights aren’t yet completely understood, but the basics are clear.
  — Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2021
• The northern lights occur in the northern hemisphere, while the same phenomenon in the southern hemisphere is called the aurora australis, or the southern lights.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
• Northern lights tend to be called the aurora borealis and southern lights the aurora australis.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• Travelers in the southern hemisphere escapes will have decreased daylight hours, which makes the month a great time to chase aurora australis, also known as the southern lights.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
• One particular mystery is that the northern and southern lights don’t always match up like researchers would expect.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2019
• The southern hemisphere has its own polar lights known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, which create their own dazzling display.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• Astronauts have captured images and a timelapse video showing the Aurora Australis -- the southern lights -- from space.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
• For the first time, astronomers have spotted an aurora, akin to our northern and southern lights, shimmering on a world outside our solar system.
  — Maggie McKee, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2015
• Equally impressive shows of the aurora australis, or southern lights, were spotted in Australia and New Zealand.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• The northern and southern lights, which are usually confined to the Arctic and Antarctica, have generated awe and wonder for centuries.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• Otherwise known as the southern lights, the colorful display is widely considered one of Earth's most beautiful sights.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 18 Mar. 2020
• Now two papers have conclusively revealed where all that heat is coming from: Jupiter and Saturn’s northern and southern lights — their auroras.
  — Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Upcoming missions to the space station Why the northern and southern lights appear to be so active right now The Crew-6 astronauts will also host two other key missions that will stop by the space station during their stay.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• The northern and southern lights, usually confined to the Arctic and Antarctica, have generated awe and wonder for centuries and continue to do so.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
• Northern lights and southern lights are caused when solar particles enter the atmosphere and collide with gas particles.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2021
• And now, the space agency is sharing a remarkable image of the southern lights, or aurora australis, taken from the International Space Station.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022
• Individuals were able to view and learn about clusters and shooting stars, individual stars, planets, deep sky objects, and the northern and southern lights, among other things.
  — Danny Atkinson, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2019
• The ephemeral glow of the northern and southern lights has entranced humans throughout the ages, sparking countless creative works, myths, and legends as well as scientific study of the mechanism behind the phenomenon.
  — Robin George Andrews, National Geographic, 3 May 2019

Last Updated: 24 Aug 2024